Ghosts and Witches in Elizabethan Tragedy, 1560-1625 |
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... traditional supernatural figure , the devil , the enemy of mankind continually seeking to entrap poor mortals and ensure them ... tradition is continued in the Elizabethan plays proper , but S " in the earliest of them the devil becomes 18 .
... traditional supernatural figure , the devil , the enemy of mankind continually seeking to entrap poor mortals and ensure them ... tradition is continued in the Elizabethan plays proper , but S " in the earliest of them the devil becomes 18 .
Page 77
... tradition of the Vice of the moralities or that established by the guild plays , and correlating this tradition with the beliefs of native folklore , tended to extend the role of this Senecan ghost ; to give it a more organic place in ...
... tradition of the Vice of the moralities or that established by the guild plays , and correlating this tradition with the beliefs of native folklore , tended to extend the role of this Senecan ghost ; to give it a more organic place in ...
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... traditions coming to ether . In North's Plutarch the apparition calls itself Brutus ' " ill angel " ; here we have a simple extension of this statement made in accord with the definitely . accepted tradition , mentioned time and again ...
... traditions coming to ether . In North's Plutarch the apparition calls itself Brutus ' " ill angel " ; here we have a simple extension of this statement made in accord with the definitely . accepted tradition , mentioned time and again ...
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action actually Agamemnon Alaham already Andrea Antonio apparition atmosphere avenge blood bloud Brutus Bussy Caesar causer characters chorus classical conjuring connection Corineus death devil doth dramatic dream dumb show earth Elizabethan English tendency English tragedies expository father Faustus frequently Friar furies ghosts and witches ghosts appear Gismond gnost Gorboduc Gorlois Hamlet hath haue heaven hell Hercules Hercules Oetaeus Horestes host inciting indicate King Kyd's Locrine Loue Medea merely midst Misfortunes of Arthur Mordred murder murther mythical motive native beliefs native tradition natural necromancy night Oedipus play playwrights Plutarch popular prologue purpose references revenge element revenge ghost revenge motive revenge play revenge tragedy Richard role says scene Scot seen Seneca's ghosts Senecan tragedy Shakespeare sonne sort soul Spanish Tragedy speech spirit stage Studley suggestion supernatural figures superstitions Tantalus thee things thou threats Thyestes torments translations Troades Ur-Hamlet vengeance Vindicta vnto vpon witchcraft wrath